Attorneys for the Mississippi House speaker said it doesn't matter that bills were read aloud at a super-fast pace during a legislative dispute.

They said the important thing is that Speaker Philip Gunn fulfilled the state constitutional requirement to have them read out loud when a House member requested it.

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Democratic Rep. Jay Hughes of Oxford sued Gunn in March over a computer program's speed-reading of bills.

Gunn's attorneys filed arguments filed Tuesday with the state Supreme Court. They said legislators can read any bill on paper or computer, so it isn't necessary for them to understand a bill when it's read aloud.

They also said legislative disputes must be resolved within the Legislature, not by the courts.